Folding doll bed



27, 1946. A. MJHAMBACHER FOLDING DOLL BED Filed Nov. 28, 1944 INVENTOR.14000571! flMMc/me.

Patented Aug. 27, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDING DOLL BEDAugust Max Hambacher, Denver, 0010.

Application November 28, 1944, Serial No. 565,506

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a folding bedstead construction, moreparticularly to a small doll or childs bed. The principal object of theinvention is to provide a simple and economical construction which canbe folded fiat for shipping purposes, which can be quickly and easilyerected by a child, and which, when erected, will provide a substantial,non-collapsing bedstead.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of theinvention, which is designed for simplicity, economy, and efiiciency.These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention, reference is hadto the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Lik numeralsrefer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout thedescription.

In the drawing: 7

Fig. 1 i a perspective view of the improved bedstead in the erectedposition ready for use;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the bedstead in the erectedposition; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section illustrating the folding action ofthe improved bedstead.

The improved bedstead consists of two parallel side rails I and II whichare pivoted at their extremities, as shown at I2, to a head frame I3 anda foot frame I4. A slat supporting strip I is secured along the loweredge of the side rails I0 and I I. These strips support a plurality ofbed slats I6 which are secured thereto. The slats form the support forthe mattress or bed proper.

The strips I5 terminate in spaced relation to the extremities of therails l0 and II to provide stops for maintaining the head and footframes I3 and I4 in the upright position. The pivots I2 are positionedabove the strips I5 so that the head and foot frames may, when folded,lie flat upon the slats I6 in parallel relation thereto.

The frames I3 and I4 are maintained vertical by means of resilient hookmembers l1 which are secured at their inner extremities to the middleslat I6 and arranged to extend toward each extremity of the bedsteadbeneath the slats thereof. The hook members I! are preferably fiatstrips band sawed from a suitable resilient wood. They could, however,be formed from metal or other suitable material if desired.

-until they disengage the cross members 2i.

The outer extremity of the hook members I1 terminate in hooks [9 havingrounded ends 20. The hooks I9 are so positioned as to engage a crossmember 2I, there being one of these cross members in each of the headand foot frames I3 and I4. 7

Thus, when the head and foot frames are swung upwardly to their verticalpositions, the cross members ZI will come in contact with the roundedextremities of the members I5. This will force the latter membersdownwardly until the hooks I9 snap upwardly around the cross members 21to lock the bedstead in the erected position.

To fold the bed it is only necessary to force the extremities of thehook members I! downwardly This allows the head and foot frames I3 andI4 to be folded inwardly at their tops until they lie upon the slats II]as shown in Fig. 3.

While a specific form of the improvement has been described andillustrated herein, it is desired to be understood that the same may bevaried, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired securedby Letters Patent is:

A folding bedstead comprising: two side rails; a foot frame; a headframe; pivot means respectively securing said foot frame between thefoot extremities of said rails and said head frame be-. tween the headextremities of said rails; slat-supporting strips secured along theinner faces of said rails adjacent the bottoms thereof; slats secured attheir extremities to said strips and extending transversely of saidbedstead; elongated resilient hook strips secured at their innerextremities to the bottom of the middle slat with their extremitiesprojecting oppositely outward beyond said head and foot frames; andhooks on the projecting extremities of said hook strips detachablyengaging said head and foot frames to prevent the latter from swinginginwardly at their tops, said slat-supporting strips terminating at thevertical position of the inner faces of said legs for preventing saidframes from swinging outwardly at their tops beyond a vertical position.

AUGUST MAX HAMBACHER.

